Jaroslav Vrchlický was born in 1853 in Laun, Bohemia, Austria [now Louny, Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Eine Nacht auf Karlstein (1974), Noc na Karlstejne (1920) and Krizácek (2017). He died in 1912 in Domazlice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republice].